Shoes



Nov. 27,1923. 7 1,475,412

M. W. 'SELBY HEEL FOR SHOES Filed June 29) 1921 H TE- ATTORNEY PatentedNov. 27, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

MARK W. SELBY, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, ASSIGNOB. TO THE SELBY SHOE COMPANY,

' 0F POBTSLIOUTH, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

HEEL FOR SHOES.

Application filed. June 29, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MARK 4V. SELBY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels for Shoes, ofwhich the following is a-full, clear, and exact description. Y

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in vieware:to provide heels for shoes having shock-absorbing and rigid supportingsections; to avoid separation of the absorbing and supporting portionsof a heel; and to simplify and cheapen the construction thereof.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a bottom face View of a heel constructed and arranged inaccordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top View thereof.

Figure 3 is a side edge view thereof.

Figure 4: is alongitudinal section, the section being taken as on theline H in Fig. 1.

Figure 5 is a cross section of the same, the section being taken on theline 55 in Fig. 2.

Figure 6 is a cross section, the section being taken on the line 66 inFig. 2.

Description.

Heretofore auxiliary heels have been made from solid rubber in the formof a complete tab, or as a portion of the tab such as shown anddescribed in an application filed by me on the 17th day of June, 1921,said application bearing Serial No. 478,270,. to which cross referenceis here made.

\Vhere the portion of the tab has been coir structed from-rubber orother yielding material, the breast or remaining portion of the tab orheel has been constructed from leather, either molded or built up toform the com plementary portion of the complete heel tab. Objection hasarisen to this form of construction, one objection consisting in thefact 7 that the portions in service are apt to separate sufficiently toadmit water or other disintegrating or unsightly material, whichproduces in tlme, poor wearing quality 1n the heel or an unsightlyfeature thereof. To avoid this the present invention has the bodyportion 11 constructed from any suitable relatively rigid material suchas rubber impregnated fabric, the plies of which are arranged andpressed to form a hard and rela- Serial No. 481,238.

tively rigid body, or from hard rubber fiber and other suitable materialimpregnated with rubber or not, incorporated with which,

by amalgamation, vulcanizing or other suitable and desired method, is asoft rubber striking portion added at the rear of the body portion toform a striking edge 12 for the heel when in service. i

As shown on the drawing, the striking portion 12 is preferably of asubstantially less area than the body portion '11, and, in any case, thearea of the former need only be sufficient to assure of the initialimpact of the foot of a person being absorbed thereby, so that the majorwear on the heel is borne by the more rigid body portion 11, and,consequently, the wear on the heel, in its entirety, will be moreuniformly distributed over the area of the tread thereof.

It is preferred that the striking portion 12 and the body portion 11should connect to form an inclined junction as seen best in Fig. 4: ofthe drawings. Also it is I preferred as seen best in Fig. 5, that theside edges of the heel should be formed of rela tively soft rubber,which is connected "with the relatively rigid portion in a somewhatbroken or not sharply defined line, thereby avoiding separation betweenthe relatively rigid and relatively soft materials.

The heel herein shown and described is attached to the service heel ofthe shoe in a manner usually provided for heels of this character suchas by driving the fastening nails 13 through the perforations 14:provided in the said heel.

While I have herein shown and described the heel as constructed fromrubber and rubber permeated material, it will be understood that 1 may,if desired, construct the heel from other materials preserving, however,the essentials of unity between the relatively hard forward portion andthe relatively resilient rear portion of the structure.

Olac'ms.

1. A shoe heel comprising a supporting section formed of a fabricimpregnated with rubber and having its rear portion reduced in width,and a striking section extending across the rear of said supportingsection and having side extensions along the side edges of the reducedportion of the latter and merging into the side edges of the forwardportion thereof, the striking section being formed of'a softer and moreresilient rubber and vulcanized tosaid supporting tionof the latter, thestriking section being formed of a softer and more resilient rubber thansaid: supporting section and vulcanized thereto.

3. A rubber heel for shoes comprising a relatively rigid supportingsection having its rear portionreduced in width and undercut at its rearend to provide a recess opening through the tread surface thereof, and aresilient. striking section snugly fitting said recess and extendingbeyond the edges of the reduced portion of said supporting section, thecontacting edgefaces of said supporting section and said strikingsection beinginclined downwardly andrearwardly to the tread surface ofthe heel, and said sections being vulcanized together.

4. A rubber heel for shoes comprising a relatively rigid supportingsection undercut at its rear end to provide a recess opening through itstread surface, and a resilient striking section formed of a softerrubber than said supporting section and fitting snugly in said recessand extending beyond the latter, said striking section having-portionsextending beyond the opposite sides of said recess and of a thicknessequal to that of said supporting section, said extended portions of saidstriking section being extended along the side edges of the rear reducedportion of said supporting section and in contact therewith, and saidsections being vulcanized together.

MARK W. SELBY.

